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Cameron Bardell

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Senior iOS at National Hockey League by day, Nightstand: Book tracker by night. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nightstand-read-more-books/id6560107938

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Another hands free reading option I’m adding to Lamplight: Eye tracking. Gauge on the right shows my vertical gaze

05.03.2026 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Added two hands-free reading modes to Lamplight: tilt and auto-scroll. I use it on the treadmill. A screen recording ruins the effect, use your imagination

03.03.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Best novels from each decade. Spent too long thinking about it, so I missed the trend, but here goes:
50s: Pedro Paramo
60s: Miss Macintosh, My Darking
70s: The Obscene Bird of Night
80s: Confederacy of Dunces
90s: Tehanu
00s: 2666
10s: The Books of Jacob
20s: Ducks, Newburyport

08.02.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œEven baking a pie has many ramifications” will be rattling around in my head for a long time.

07.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Talking about this book is a struggle, because the experience of a small section is nothing like the experience of the whole. A truly modern novel.

07.02.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe revery alone will do”

One of my favorites to revisit during winter, from Emily Dickinson.

04.02.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My personal favourites from the Lamplight catalog. Check it out!

apps.apple.com/us/app/lampl...

02.02.2026 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

01.02.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lamplight helps me spend less time on social media. In the downtime where I used to scroll, now, I read.

A download and rating would mean the world. Icon by the incomparable Matthew Skiles, who is a delight to work with.

01.02.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lamplight: Read Classic Books App - App Store Download Lamplight: Read Classic Books by Robin Apps on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Lamplight: Read…

I just released Lamplight, an app that splits classic literature into 10 minute chunks to help build a daily reading habit. Set a goal, track your reading streak.

More than a thousand of the greatest books ever written. All content in the public domain.

apps.apple.com/ca/app/lampl...

01.02.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha, there’s always room for more!

27.03.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Just a list, I find forms cumbersome

27.03.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Let me know what you think if you try it out! It’s mostly for recording finished sessions rather than keeping score mid-game, so don’t throw out those pens yet.

27.03.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You can now add custom cover images to your books in Nightstand. (With bonus appearance from the puppy)

18.03.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still accepting senior and mid level applicants!

25.02.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lol reminds me of that Ted talk where a guy filmed one second of every day of his year and turned it into a video. The trick was, he took a whole year off work!

18.02.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Too real, we couldn’t handle it

18.02.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Major Nightstand update is out:
- Yearly stats widget
- Monthly summaries
- Suggested searches based on history
- Export shelves and insights to device or social media

18.02.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I will continue to literature-post until all my followers are gone

16.02.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve had Middlemarch on my reading list for years. I was expecting it to be excellent (which it is, obviously) but I wasn’t expecting it to be this funny!

16.02.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still mostly down on the various β€œAI-powered” products we’ve seen so far, but it is now possible to build software so good that it surprises the builder. And that at least is exciting.

16.02.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Speculative fiction with philosophical themes, yes please

16.02.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Adding some suggested searches based on reading history. These are incredibly accurate for me!

16.02.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You can also show star ratings.

12.02.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Also works with shelves!

12.02.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Export your monthly summary, choosing from one of many lovely custom backgrounds. Coming in the next Nightstand update.

12.02.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What’s the point of making widgets if you don’t end up with a whole screen like this

06.02.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Monthly summaries, coming soon to Nightstand.

05.02.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wanted to work on something fun after a lot of long hard work on onboarding, so widgets it is!

03.02.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge wins at the vintage book sale

01.02.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0